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Man wanted for sex offense arrested in Tomishiro

Date Posted: 2002-11-24

Tomishiro police arrested a 34-year-old workless man, Nov. 15, who has been on the wanted list since Sep. 1 for sex with a minor. The man reportedly had an argument with his girlfriend and beat her up. The woman called the police who arrested the man on suspicion of assault. They then discovered that he was on their wanted list for the sex offense.

According to police, the man had met a 13-year-old girl on a street and first asked her to have a cup of coffee with him. He then convinced the girl to come with him to a motel and said that he would pay her afterwards. After staying in the motel for three hours, he paid the girl ¥3,000. The girl was not happy with the money, and talked to her girlfriend who then called the police. When they could not apprehend the man he was put on the wanted list.

The increase in cases of young girls engaging in prostitution and sex with adult men has alarmed local police, PTAs and educators for some time. Solutions to the problem have been mulled in many meetings and conferences, but no one seems to have a good idea what to do. In the meantime, incidents keep increasing.